United States History Resources
Use the links on the right hand side to navigate through the wiki. For the complete explanation of the standard, please click on the appropriate standard link on the right hand side.
Description:
This is an excellent web resource for teaching the business cycle in Government and History. The cycle has become even more important for students to know as the recession is something that we talk about often in class and when listening to the news. It is short and provides clear definitions of the concepts and people involved.
Description:
PBS is a wonderful resource for teaching social studies. This particular link provides excellent sources for economics with the option of choosing interactive lessons, online lessons, or offline lessons. The lessons have clear instructions and provide you with the national standards.
Description:
This webpage offers a quick lesson on GDP and analysis of economic indicators. Using the US Census bureau stats, students analyze the development of various towns to make conclusions about economic growth. It helps student see how economic activity influences the development of towns. I also like that this activity relates to the business cycle. The students learn from the lesson how economic growth or decline is represented in the business cycle. The lesson offers opportunities for group work and independent work.
Description:
This is a great and simple lesson on banking tips for personal financing. It is short and involves no materials. Students listen to a story about banking and answer questions. It will lead to a great discussion and have a long lasting impact on students. It could be used in History or Government. You could then develop several higher level thinking activities as an extension to this lesson.
Description:
This is a resource to help start a Stock Market project in class. This webpage could be used with the Yahoo Finance pages. We have done this in the past but it has fallen by the way side. I think that it is a great project as it could be tied into the business cycle section right before the Great Depression. The market is also connected to current events that are so essential today.
Description:
This is the webpage that can be used to check the progress of stocks. It also provides the history of stocks and all news related to stocks. It would be helpful to have students check this webpage often to see how domestic and foreign events affect the stock market.
Description:
A wonderful lesson idea on international trade that is great for World History, United States History, or Government. It focuses on reasons why various countries trade and key members of the trade community, as well on key concepts of international trade (comparative advantage and economic interdependence). I like that it includes activities on NATO and other major trade organizations. It includes several activities, but you would not have to do all of the activities to teach the lesson.
Description:
This is a webpage with an easy WebQuest for students over international trade. I really like that it is over bananas, especially given the historical significance of bananas to Norridgewock. It has several hyperlinks to more information about international trade which a very useful. This would be a great idea for United States History or Government.
Use the links on the right hand side to navigate through the wiki. For the complete explanation of the standard, please click on the appropriate standard link on the right hand side.
Resource:
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/economics/businesscycle1.htm
Description:
This is an excellent web resource for teaching the business cycle in Government and History. The cycle has become even more important for students to know as the recession is something that we talk about often in class and when listening to the news. It is short and provides clear definitions of the concepts and people involved.
Standards
MLR:
C1 - E
National Standards:
NSS-CC.9-12.20
NETS:
1c
Resource:
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/classroom/9-12/social-studies/resources/?resource_topic=119&resource_type=&resource_site=
Description:
PBS is a wonderful resource for teaching social studies. This particular link provides excellent sources for economics with the option of choosing interactive lessons, online lessons, or offline lessons. The lessons have clear instructions and provide you with the national standards.
Standards
MLR:
C1 and C2
National Standards:
NSS-C.9-12.1-20
NETS:
1c
Resource:
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Economics/ECO0006.html
Description:
This webpage offers a quick lesson on GDP and analysis of economic indicators. Using the US Census bureau stats, students analyze the development of various towns to make conclusions about economic growth. It helps student see how economic activity influences the development of towns. I also like that this activity relates to the business cycle. The students learn from the lesson how economic growth or decline is represented in the business cycle. The lesson offers opportunities for group work and independent work.
Standards
MLR:
C1-D
National Standards:
NSS-CC.9-12.15
NETS:
3d
Resource:
http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Economics/ECO0012.html
Description:
This is a great and simple lesson on banking tips for personal financing. It is short and involves no materials. Students listen to a story about banking and answer questions. It will lead to a great discussion and have a long lasting impact on students. It could be used in History or Government. You could then develop several higher level thinking activities as an extension to this lesson.
Standards
MLR:
C1-A
National Standards:
NSS-CC.9-12.12
NETS:
1a
Resource:
http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Economics/ECO0013.html
Description:
This is a resource to help start a Stock Market project in class. This webpage could be used with the Yahoo Finance pages. We have done this in the past but it has fallen by the way side. I think that it is a great project as it could be tied into the business cycle section right before the Great Depression. The market is also connected to current events that are so essential today.
Standards
MLR:
C1-B
National Standards:
NSS-CC.9-12.20
NETS:
4a
Resource:
http://finance.yahoo.com/
Description:
This is the webpage that can be used to check the progress of stocks. It also provides the history of stocks and all news related to stocks. It would be helpful to have students check this webpage often to see how domestic and foreign events affect the stock market.
Standards
MLR:
C1-B
National Standards:
NSS-CC.9-12.12
NETS:
4a
Resource:
http://www.globalenvision.org/forteachers/17/825
Description:
A wonderful lesson idea on international trade that is great for World History, United States History, or Government. It focuses on reasons why various countries trade and key members of the trade community, as well on key concepts of international trade (comparative advantage and economic interdependence). I like that it includes activities on NATO and other major trade organizations. It includes several activities, but you would not have to do all of the activities to teach the lesson.
Standards
MLR:
C1-F
National Standards:
NSS-CC.9-12.6
NETS:
1c
Resource:
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid=129&type=student
Description:
This is a webpage with an easy WebQuest for students over international trade. I really like that it is over bananas, especially given the historical significance of bananas to Norridgewock. It has several hyperlinks to more information about international trade which a very useful. This would be a great idea for United States History or Government.
Standards
MLR:
C2-A
National Standards:
NSS-CC.9-12.5
NETS:
1c